Neil Young & Crazy Horse: Psychedelic Pill

(Nominated for the 2013 Best Rock Album Grammy Award) In tandem with his autobiographical Waging Heavy Peace comes this 35th (and longest) studio album of Neil Young's storied career. As in his previous release, Americana, he's backed by longtime colleagues Crazy Horse, the guitar/drum/bass trio he calls his "window to the cosmic world where the muse lives and breathes."

"As 'Driftin’ Back' begins, Young is alone with his acoustic guitar … grappling with the relationship between himself and his readers…. Crazy Horse join him for some unusually sweet, CSNY-like harmonies, but in an audacious coup de théâtre, they are gradually overwhelmed by another, electric version of the song. A looming jam on the song is faded in, midway through what proves to be one of many protean solos…. Psychedelic Pill features three more new classics in that unhurried, expansive style…. 'Ramada Inn' is the more tender … with an uncharacteristically nuanced and coherent narrative about a long-term relationship being tested by alcoholism…. 'Born In Ontario' compresses the themes of this enthralling record into a digestible nugget distantly related to 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere' … breezily encompassing roots, family, rough-hewn philosophy, the pursuit of freedom, life on the road, and the consolations of writing."—Uncut